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FINAL SCORE: LSU 56, UAB 17

Odell Beckham : LSU vs. UAB

LSU wide receiver Odell Beckham (3) hauled in five passes for 136 yards and three TDs and also returned a missed field goal 100 yards on Saturday. (Photo by Brett Duke, Nola.com | The Times-Picayune)
((Photo by Brett Duke, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune)

Score: Odell Beckham 29 pass from Zach Mettenberger (Colby Delahoussaye kick).
TIME REMAINING: 6:13. DRIVE: 5 plays, 89 yards. TIME OF POSSESSION: 2:21. KEY PLAYS: After a ground-based opening
series, the Tigers went airborne as Mettenberger was 3-for-3 with a pair of
deep passes to Beckham, one for 49 yards that flipped the field. Beckham
grabbed all three passes out of the two-tight end set.

LSU 14, UAB 0

Score: Beckham 22 pass from Mettenberger (Delahoussaye kick). TIME REMAINING: 2:29. DRIVE: 6 plays, 50 yards. TIME OF POSSESSION: 1:56. KEY PLAYS: After a nice defensive stand
deep in Blazers' territory, the Tigers got the ball at midfield and started
criss-crossing the field, with Beckham dashing 15 yards on a reverse and
freshman Jeryl Brazil carving out 9 yards on a jet sweep. With UAB on its heels
against the run, Mettenberger threaded a perfect pass to Beckham on a skinny
post from the left side for the score.

LSU 21, UAB 0

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Score: Kenny Hilliard 1 run (Delahoussaye kick). TIME REMAINING: :00. DRIVE:
2 plays, 9 yards. TIME OF POSSESSION:
42 seconds. KEY PLAYS: More proof
that Beckham can hurt a team in more ways than one, as he dodged and weaved 60
yards with a punt return all the way to the Blazers' 9. A defensive holding on
the first snap put LSU 5 yards away, and Hilliard gobbled those up on two
carries, the second ending in the end zone for his first TD of the season.

Second quarter

LSU 28, UAB 0

LSU running back Jeremy Hill (33) celebrates with left tackle La'El Collins after scoring on a 3-yard run against UAB on Saturday. (Photo by Brett Duke, Nola.com | The Times-Picayune)

Score: Jeremy Hill 3 run (Delahoussaye kick). TIME REMAINING:14:20. DRIVE:
3 plays, 19 yards. TIME OF POSSESSION:
35 seconds. KEY PLAYS: The defense
joined the fray, setting up another short field when Quentin Thomas pounced on
backup QB Jonathan Perry's fumble at the Blazers' 19-yard-line. A fullback wag
pass to Connor Neighbors picked up 16 yards and Hill - back from an apparent
5-quarter suspension after an offseason arrest - plowed in two snaps later.

LSU 28, UAB 7

Score: Darrin Reaves 11 run (Ty Long kick). TIME REMAINING:11:11. DRIVE:
9 plays, 75 yards. TIME OF POSSESSION:
3:09. KEY PLAYS: A 33-yard pass from
Austin Brown to Jamari Staples finally gave UAB's offense some life and seemed
to light a fuse. After that, the Blazers pecked away at a young group of LSU
defensive linemen on the ground, with Reaves and Greg Franklin each finding
room to roam -- there were three carries of 11 yards on the march.

LSU 35, UAB 7

Score: Jarvis Landry 24 pass from Mettenberger (Delahoussaye kick). TIME REMAINING:8:01. DRIVE: 7 plays, 75 yards. TIME OF POSSESSION: 3:10. KEY PLAYS: Mettenberger stayed
white-hot, hitting all five pass attempts for 68 yards, including three strikes
to Landry for 42. The last throw for the score was just over a defensive back
and exactly where Landry could vault and pluck the ball out of the air for the
TD.

LSU 35, UAB 14

Score: Jamarcus Nelson 41 pass from brown (Long kick). TIME REMAINING: 5:18. DRIVE:
3 plays, 39 yards. TIME OF POSSESSION:
44 seconds. KEY PLAYS: The Blazers came
up with a turnover when Greg Maclin smothered a fumble by Jarvis Landry after a
12-yard pass play, and UAB seized advantage when Nelson barreled past Jalen
Mills down the right sideline for the long bomb on third-and-12.

LSU 35, UAB 17

Score: Long 24 FG. TIME REMAINING: :00.
DRIVE: 10 plays, 65 yards. TIME OF POSSESSION: 2:42. KEY PLAYS: Reaves sparked UAB when he
bolted 24 yards through the middle, shedding a pair of shoddy tackle attempts
on the way. After that, Brown got into a rhythm and starting chipping away at
the Tigers with short passes, including a pair of screen passes that swallowed up
13 and 12 yards to get UAB deep into LSU territory.

Third quarter

LSU 42, UAB 17

Score: Beckham 27 pass from Mettenberger (Delahoussaye kick). TIME REMAINING: 12:02. DRIVE: 5 plays, 55 yards. TIME OF POSSESSION: 1:59. KEY PLAYS: The Tigers' defense forced a
quick three-and-out and Long shanked a punt that barely cleared midfield. Hill
started in the backfield and kick-started the drive with a punishing 14-yard
run and then carved out 4 yards on two totes. Mettenberger scrambled up the
middle for 10 yards to convert a third down and then zipped a beautiful strike
to Beckham on a fly pattern and he yanked the ball down in the end zone before
he ran out of the back boundary.

LSU 49, UAB 17

LSU running back Kenny Hilliard (27) celebrates in the end zone with teammate Jonah Austin after scoring on a 1-yard run against UAB on Saturday, September 7, 2013. (Photo by Brett Duke, Nola.com | The Times-Picayune)

Score: Landry 14 pass from Mettenberger (Delahoussaye kick). TIME REMAINING: 5:15. DRIVE: 3 plays, 58 yards. TIME OF POSSESSION: 1:55. KEY PLAYS: Whatever doubt remained
about whether Hill is back as the No. 1 tailback evaporated, as he bulled through
the Blazers for 29 yards on two carries to get Mettenberger close enough to
fling his record-setting fifth TD pass to Landry.

LSU 56, UAB 17

Score: Beckham 100 missed field goal return (Delahoussaye kick). TIME REMAINING: 2:11. KEY PLAYS: UAB coach Garrick McGee sent
Long out for a 59-yard field-goal try that was well short, and Beckham hauled
it in at the back of the end zone and darted up field - first to his left and
then back against the grain - navigating the length of the field and then some
without being touched by a Blazer.

Fourth quarter

None

Final score: LSU 56, UAB 17

Records: No. 9/11 LSU 2-0,
UAB 0-2

Attendance: 90,037

Up next: Kent State at LSU, 6 p.m. Saturday. The Golden
Flashes suffered their first loss of the season on Saturday, 41-22 to Bowling
Green.